"It was by going to New York with Baudoin Lebon that I met Leo Castelli. He was staging a Claes Oldenburg exhibition. We got on straight away; he was curious about everything and everybody. For the 30th anniversary of his gallery, he held a group exhibition featuring all his artists in his space in Soho. He suggested I come and see it. I didn't know anything about American painting but I was curious. What I saw astonished me: Oldenburg's baseball, the goat's head in a Rauschenberg painting, Flavin's neons, a video by Bruce Nauman. At the time I was disappointed: I thought I would never understand this kind of art. Subsequently, I started to appreciate it, to know it better, even though my taste remains more European, with a few exceptions. From Leo I purchased several Flavins, including a magnificent Monument for Tatlin and some Bruce Nauman drawings."

Claude Berri, Autoportrait, 2003

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'UNTITLED'; YELLOW AND PINK FLUORESCENT LIGHT; THIS WORK IS NUMBER TWO FROM AN EDITION OF THREE, OF WHICH THREE WERE FABRICATED DURING THE ARTIST'S LIFETIME, AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.